Age of Exploration
The name of the first European to discover the Americas in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The name of the law passed by King George that forced all of the colonists to purchase a stamp for every piece of paper.
The belief that it was America’s right and duty to spread the nation across the North American continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The law passed that officially made all of the slaves in the confederate states free, but in reality it made one of the goals for the war to end slavery.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
The cash crop that made Jamestown a successful colony.
What is tobacco?
The name of the war fought by the British against the French and the Indians over the Ohio River Valley.
What is the French and Indian war?
The purchase made by Thomas Jefferson in 1803 that acquired the French territory of Louisiana.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The fact that they had a larger population and more factories to produce supplies and more trains to move those goods.
What are the strengths of the North going into the civil war?
The person who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This is the motivation for many groups coming to the Americas such as the Puritans, Quakers and Catholics.
What is religious persecution?
The name of the event when some sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and dumped thousands of crates of tea into the Boston harbor, as a protest of the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party
The name of the treacherous trail that many took to travel west to the Pacific Ocean in the mid-1800's.
What is the Oregon Trail?
The fact that they had a smaller population, fewer factories to make supplies and fewer trains to move troops and supplies.
What are the weaknesses of the South going into the civil war?
The president who came after Abraham Lincoln and began Reconstruction. He was the first president to be impeached.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
The name of the first successful colony that the British had in North America.
What is Jamestown
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
The name of the war fought by the United States under James Polk, in which they acquired the states of New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California and Colorado.
What is the Mexican-American War?
The name of the first major battle in the Civil War fought near Richmond, VA that ended in a victory for the Confederates and made the Union realize that the war was not going to be over quickly.
What is the Battle at Bull Run?
The general for the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
The contract signed on the Mayflower by all the colonists before they settled in Plymouth. They agreed to form a civil society for the Glory of God, advancement of the Christian faith and to honor the King and England.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The name of the laws passed by John Adams that made it more difficult to become a citizen in the United States and made it illegal to make false claims about the president or government.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
The terrorist group created in the 1880's in order to threaten African Americans and prevent them from voting and holding office.
What is the KKK?
One of the leaders of the Federalists during the creation of the Constitution. He helped write the Constitution, promoted a strong federal government and wanted those who were highly educated and powerful to make all the decisions in government.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?